Japanese Language and Culture Minor

Japanese Language and Culture Minor Requirements

Students planning to minor in Japanese Language and Culture must fulfill the following requirements in consultation with an advisor from within the department:
 

1. Achieve language proficiency equivalent to level upon completion of JAPA 306 .
    
2. Complete 20 credits in Japan-related courses (typically 5 courses, 4 credits each). At least 2 of these courses must be content courses (linguistics, film, history, literature, art history, music history, religion, etc.), and at least one must be taken at Macalester and have the prefix of JAPA. The following language courses do not count toward the minor: JAPA 101 , JAPA 102 , JAPA 203  and JAPA 204 .